Forms

Forms give your visitors a way to send you a message through your website using only their browser. The most common use for a form is a simple contact form to send an email. But since a form can request (or require) that specific questions be answered, you might use a form instead of an email link so you can ask your visitors to provide you with specific information.

A simple form displayed as form module in the right column of a row

You may create as many forms as you need for your site design by using form modules within any of the design’s layouts. Each module you create is it’s own unique, separate form. And there is no limit to the number of form modules that you add.

What can a form be used for?

Forms can be used to collect any kind of information from visitors.

Contact form

Registration signup

Booking an event date

Surveys

Testimonials

…and more

Where is the information stored?

Form responses are stored in the WordPress database for safe keeping, and can be viewed any time in the ProPhoto form log screen.

Where are form emails sent?

By default, form submissions are emailed to the address filled into the WordPress “Settings > General” screen:

If your WordPress email address is not the address where you want to receive messages from your form(s), you can provide another address in ProPhoto.

Send all forms to a different email address

To use a different default email address to receive form submissions, navigate to the “ProPhoto > Settings > Site Settings > Forms > Email options” setting.

Send separate forms to separate email addresses

Otherwise, each form module you create in ProPhoto can be supplied with an override so that submissions of that form are sent to a specific email address. To override, edit your form module, click the “Submission” tab, and use the “Override Default Email Recipients” option: